And they prayed and said, Thou, Lord, who knowest the hearts of all, shew us, which of these two Thou hast chosen,

Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; and Thou wilt fill me with joy by the light of thy countenance."

And when they heard it, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, Thou art God, who hast made heaven and earth, and sea, and all things therein:

who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?

(whom Thou hast anointed,) to do whatever thy hand and thy counsel had before determined to be done.

While it remained, did it not remain thy own? and when sold, was it not in thy own power? what is the meaning that thou hast taken this into thine heart? Thou hast not lyed to men, but to God.

Thou hast no part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.

Immediately therefore I sent to thee, and thou hast done well that thou art come. And now we are all here present before God, to hear all the things which God hath charged thee with to us.

That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from what has been strangled, and from fornication: from which ye will do well to keep yourselves. Farewel.

are come hither also, and Jason has privately received them. And they all act contrary to the decrees of Cesar, saying, there is another king, one Jesus.

for we are in danger of being charged with sedition for what has happened this day, there being no cause by which we can give a reason for this concourse.

For thou shalt be his witness unto all men, of what thou hast seen and heard.

And the following night, the Lord standing by him said, Paul, be of good courage; for as thou hast testified concerning me at Jerusalem, so must thou also bear testimony at Rome.

And the tribune took him by the hand, and retiring into a private apartment asked him, What is it which thou hast to tell me?

Then the tribune dismissed the young man, charging him, Tell no one that thou hast discovered these things to me.

Then Paul, when the governor permitted him to speak, answered in this manner, "As I know that thou hast been many years a judge to this nation, I do the more chearfully answer for myself:

I appeal to Cesar. Then Festus, conferring with his council, answered, Hast thou appealed to Cesar? to Cesar thou shalt go.

But when I found that he had done nothing worthy of death, and as he himself has appealed to the emperor, I have determined to send him.

My manner of life then from my youth, as it has been from the beginning among my own nation at Jerusalem, all the Jews are acquainted with,

But rise, and stand on thy feet: for to this end have I appeared unto thee, to appoint thee a minister and a witness both of the things which thou hast seen, and of those for which I shall hereafter appear unto thee:

And they said to him, We have neither received letters concerning thee from Judea, nor has any of the brethren, that is come hither, related or spoken any ill of thee.